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JFK’s Words in today’s troubled times

Friday, 21 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Fifty years after John F. Kennedy summoned Americans to a new generation of leadership and patriotism, one thing is clear: This is no age of Camelot...

The Death of Pakistan?

Friday, 21 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

This is a tipping point for Pakistan. Will it survive the current maelstrom of challenges – exemplified by the recent assassination of Governor Salmaan Taseer of Punjab by one of his bodyguards, an Islamic zealot – or will it capsize? ...

Building A single digital market

Thursday, 20 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Digital Agenda for Europe 2010-2020 aims to contribute significantly to the EU’s economic growth and to spread the benefits of the digital era to all the sections in society. ...

A Gale in an espresso cup

Thursday, 20 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The root cause of the problem is that cabinet ministers have been receiving their pay increase as members of parliament (not as ministers) for the last couple of years, straight after the decision was taken...

The Best investments

Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On the eastern edge of Kolkata, Dulu Bibi, a25-year-old mother of four, worries about the cost of treating her two sick boys. Her husband earns 80-90 rupees (€1.40) a day...

It’s Crunch time for IVF

Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Government will surely pass the Bill on biotechnology during 2011. At this stage one will have to accept certain facts. But if these are not cleared, both state and faith have something to lose...

The Oil mystery has thickened further

Tuesday, 18 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The whole oil saga started when a local newspaper revealed that four neighbour countries – two EU member states and two North African countries – had reclaimed waters that up to a certain point had been considered as Maltese...

Urbanising China

Monday, 17 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

But it is still unsatisfactory, because most other countries at a similar stage of development experienced faster urbanisation than industrialisation...

Three Politicians

Monday, 17 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I shall begin by paying tribute to former Labour Minister Philip Muscat. As former President of the Students’ Representative Council and Kunsill Studenti Universitarji, I had between 1977 and 1979 various occasions where I could meet Philip face to face....

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